Hair drying apparatus



July 31, 1934. 'R. E. DRANNON 1,968,381

HAIR DRYING APPARATUS Filed May 11, 1932 Zhmentor J y I (Hm-neg) Patented July 31, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE This invention relates to apparatus for drying .the hair of the head. Y

An object of the invention is to provide improved means .whereby the work of drying the hair is facilitated, quickened and made more economical, the invention being especially adapted for use in hair dressingparlors or establishments where large numbers of customers are it one or more helmets 8 communlcatingly con-- treated at the same time. Another object of the invention is to provide aconstruction whereby the drying air is largely confined to the apparatus and not blown out over the face and therefore inhaled by the person treated. Other objects will appear from the disclosure herein.

According to the invention there is employed one or more helmets, each having an offset per-- forated lining that fits over the hair of the head, said helmet having an air intake conduit and an outlet conduit communicating respectively with the discharge and intake'. of the fan chamber and an electrical heating element interposed in the line to the helmet so that the heat may be circulated through the system and hair until the latter is suflicienly dried.

The invention is embodied in the example herein .shown and described, the features of novelty being finally claimed.

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Figure 1 is a general view of an apparatus according to the invention, lookingat the front thereof.

Fig. 2 is an end. elevation looking toward i ht Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view larger scale.,... 1

Fig. 4 is a view of the sleeve valve connection between the shank of the helmet and the intake manifold.

In the views 5 designates the rotary blower driven by an electric motor 6.

The discharge 5 of the blower communicates with an intake manifold '7, supported on suitable standards I having clampingly pivotedto the of thehelmet on a nected therewith, said helmet adapted to fit upon the heads of persons whose hair is to be dried. The helmet is of a little more than hemi-spherical form and sufliciently large to receive the crown of the head without materially disturbing vthe treated hair of the head.. But the formand size of the helmet can be varied. The helmet is provided with an inner shell 8* provided with numerous minute perforations, said shell 8' behelmet and into a flexible pipe 10 connected with a manifold 11 duly supported in a position parallel to the manifold 7.

The air from the manifold 11 is returned to the blower through a conductor 12 connecting it with the middle of the side of the blower 5.

The described details of construction and mode of operation of the helmet and its connections with the manifolds can be typical of each of them when a plurality of helmets is employed.

The discharge of the blower is provided with an electrical heating element 13, in the circuit of the motor, said circuit being provided with a manual switch control at 14 for putting the apparatus into operation.

connection with the manifold '7 the admission of a air through the ports or openings at 17 from the blower is cut off. The helmet can be held in its upward or any other position by clamping screw 16.

From the construction shown and described it will be observed that the hair to be treated is included in a circuit of the heated air. v

In operation the tendency is to suck atmos pheric air up around the face of the person treated and into the spaces between the rim of the helmet and the head thereby permitting the inhalation of fresh atmospheric air by the person wearing the helmet.

The helmet and other parts can be made of aluminum or other suitablef metal and the forms In a hair drying apparatus of the class de-,

scribed, a tubular manifold provided with a series of ports, a plurality of hair drying helmets having tubular air conducting stems each having terminals rotatable on and frictionally engaging said manifold at one of said ports to open the port when the helmet is depressed into hair-drying position, and close and hold the port closed when-the helmet is swung upward out. of haird y position, a warmed-air blower'communicatingly connected at one point with said manifold, a second manifold, a flexible tubular conductor communicatingly connecting the crown of each of said hair drying helmets with said-second helmets maybe elevated to inoperable position,

and a tubular air'conductor connected at a single I point with said second mentioned manifold to an intake ofsaid warmed-air blower, whereby any of said helmets is operable for hair drying inde-' pendentlyof the others or all operable simultaneously.

faor E. Daemon.

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